Approval of lesbian parents

Date
November 2021 to March 2023
Regions Surveyed
11

Full Survey Results

In 2021-2023, the European Social Survey conducted a multi-country survey about a variety of social topics. In this question, they asked the respondents if it's better or worse for chidlren to grow up with lesbian parents. Equaldex categorizes the "Better", "Much Better" and "Makes no difference" responses as "Support" and the "Worse" and "Much Worse" responses as "Against."

Question: "Compared to growing up with heterosexual parents, do you think it is better or worse for children to grow up with lesbian parents?"

Against
Support
Survey Average (Unweighted)
31.1%
68.9%
  1. 1. Iceland
    10.2%
    89.6%
  2. 2. Belgium
    21.1%
    79%
  3. 3. France
    25.4%
    74.6%
  4. 4. Sweden
    27.2%
    72.8%
  5. 27.3%
    72.7%
  6. 6. Austria
    30.6%
    69.5%
  7. 30.9%
    69.1%
  8. 8. Finland
    32.7%
    67.5%
  9. 9. Italy
    33.4%
    66.6%
  10. 10. Slovenia
    51.5%
    48.6%
  11. 52.1%
    48%

Regions are ranked by the percentage of "support" responses out of the total responses (excluding participants who answered "don't know" or refused to answer).

Submitted by danlev